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Following the induction of synchronous growth of Anacystis nidulans by light and CO2 deprivation, cell mass and RNA and DNA content during two cell cycles were measured. Both RNA and DNA synthesis were discontinuous and marked variation in survival to ultraviolet light was related to the state of replication. A model is presented which accounts for the proportion of cells (66%) induced into synchronous genome replication which is also related to the state of replication at the onset of pre-synchrony treatment.
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Herdman, M., Faulkner, B.M. & Carr, N.G. Synchronous growth and genome replication in the blue-green alga Anacystis nidulans . Arch. Mikrobiol. 73, 238–249 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00410625
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